Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books

November 1, 2019
I'll be in the car in few hours to head south for the 10th Anniversary of the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books, where I'll be a co-presenter with Lisa Vihos. Together we edited From Everywhere a Little: A Migration Anthology, a collection of poetry on the broad topic of migration--from…

What is a poem made of?

September 9, 2019
In responding to a friend who asked recently, I present my answer to the question, "What is a poem made of?" Poetry is language defined by compression, saying more with less. It is language meant to be read out loud, slowly. Language in a poem plays with sound. Poetic fluency…

Painting South Pier poems

August 9, 2019
Painting South Pier is my newest book, a collection of poetry inspired by the South Pier District in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. This area lies at the intersection of the Sheboygan River and Lake Michigan and provides observers with a wide variety of natural and human subjects for study. Advance Praise "Perhaps…

Poems up at Verse Virtual

June 4, 2019
Thanks to Firestone Feinberg, editor of Verse Virtual, for featuring three of my poems in the June 2019 edition of his fine online journal.